Ink Review #1462: Aurora Orange

Aurora Orange is from Aurora’s 100th Anniversary collection. You can find this ink for sale at Pen Chalet (aff. link) and Vanness Pens.

The color:

Orange is a medium tangerine orange.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some nice shading.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry time: 15 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was feathering and bleeding in all nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Aurora Orange is closest to Pelikan Edelstein Mandarin. Click here to see the Aurora inks together, and click here to see the orange inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Franklin-Christoph 45 Pink and White with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, it’s generally pretty well behaved, but it is a bit drier than I prefer. It’s similar to Pelikan Edelstein Mandarin, which I prefer over this one so I don’t need both.

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